The Buddha spoke of maintaining and increasing wholesome states as an integral part of Right Effort. In this talk we explore why this is important and how to incline the mind to experience what he called "gladness connected with the wholesome."

This talk highlights the way in which Mindfulness leads to direct seeing of the Four Noble Truths and the Three Characteristics. It particularly includes Nyavaponeba Their's description of the functions of Mindfulness as outlined in "The Vision of Dhamma".